vRealize Operations for Horizon collects performance data from monitored software and hardware objects in your View environment and provides predictive analysis and real-time information about problems in your View infrastructure. Following our previous vROps installation guide we have installed an vROps instance on Windows Server. The current guide should be applicable… Continue reading
Few weeks ago VMware released the announced during VMworld 2014 vRealize Operation Manager 6 which is the successor of vCenter Operation Manager. Changing the name of the product this time is not just a marketing approach, but a very big change in the product architecture. Having the product installation in… Continue reading
A VMware Horizon View block or pod could contains View Standard Server, Replica Servers, Security Servers and Transfer Servers. Also part of the View are View Agent installed on every desktop source and View Client installed on every end point device which is used to access your virtual desktop. All of… Continue reading
As we have already mentioned in our previous article it is possible to use a windows server providing Terminal Services as a source for a View Desktop Pool. At this article we are going to do a basic configuration of terminal services role, View agent installation and Terminal Service pool creation.… Continue reading
After Installing VMware Horizon View series followed by the Basic Configuration guide we can go ahead and create our first Linked-Clone pool. For a source (golden image) of our first pool we must have an optimized virtual machine managed by the same vCenter server registered in View Connection servers. We also must… Continue reading
In our previous articles from the Horizon View section of our blog, we have already covered the steps required for a successful installation of all VMware Horizon View servers and agents. In this article we are going to go through most of the configuration options which View offers and also we… Continue reading
View Agent must be installed on all virtual machines, physical systems, and Terminal Service servers that you use as sources for View desktops and desktop pools. On virtual machines, this agent communicates with View Client to provide features such as connection monitoring, virtual printing, View Persona Management, and access to locally… Continue reading
You may be aware about recent academic research regarding potential TPS (Transparent Page Sharing) (enabled by default) vulnerability, where you may be able to determine AES encryption key from memory timings. VMware response for this (although they do not believe it can be used in real world): they will disable… Continue reading
View Transfer Server downloads system-image files, synchronizes data between local desktops and the corresponding remote desktops in the datacenter, and transfers data when users check in and check out local desktops. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install VMware View5.x Replica… Continue reading
VMware View Composer is a optional feature for your VDI deployment, but it is a mandatory part of you plan to use Linked-clone desktop pools. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install VMware View5.x Replica Server Part 3 – Install VMware… Continue reading
